About 700 people are being flown out of the James Bay community of Kashechewan as a precaution ahead of spring breakup.Officials withthe northern Ontario First Nation — as well as the provincial government — declared a state of emergency and said the evacuation of the community was a precautionary measure. Flooding in Kashechewan is an annual problem, with the waters of the Albany River frequently running over and through the community's dike.

A multi-storey residential building in a low-income area of Nairobi collapsed on Friday under heavy rain, trapping an unknown number of people in the rubble. A search-and-rescue team managed to pull three children and an adult.